Thursday, June 23, 2005

I keep seeing shoes on the road! I don't quite understand how they got there. There was one on the entrance ramp to I-95 from work for ages! A man's brown leather loafer. Just one. Where was it's mate? And how did it get there? On the highway ramp. And then one day it disappeared. Where did it go?

Then I saw another one on the entrance ramp in Stamford I use to get on the highway to get to work. A sneaker this time. Again, how in the heck did it get there? Where is its mate?

I don't quite understand these things. They're just one of life's small mysteries that I for some reason end up pondering.

Sometimes I see a mattress on the side of the highway. That's strange to me too. Who drops a mattress of their car or truck and just leaves it there? Wouldn't you take it with you? And isn't that dangerous? A mattress flying off of the top of someones car? Who bothers to push it to the side of the road? Why not just get rid of it or tie it back up there and take it with you?

Saturday, June 11, 2005

I don't usually like email forwards but this one made me smile so I'm posting it. :)

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional.

Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered each question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?.. ...........The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?................Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and refrigerator? Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.

This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend... except one. Which animal does not attend?. .....................Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.

This tests your memory.

Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?..........................Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.

This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers.

So does that mean that most 4 year olds are smarter than adult professionals??

Thursday, June 09, 2005

I have 757 songs. It will take me 1.9 days to listen to them all straight through. And I'm only using 2.63 Gig. I have 6. Not even half! OY! I don't know why I thought I would absolutely need 20. I just think that is so cool.

It makes things so much more simple. And so much betterer when I'm exercising. It gets me through a workout easier when I have so much to choose from and I'm not stuck with whichever CD I brought with me. And it's so tiny!

TEE HEE!!!

I just can't get enough of my iPod right now. It's my new favorite toy.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

I know, I know I've been a bad blogger. Not so many posts in the past however long. My computer is almost kaput and Robs computer while working well, I haven't really had a ton of time and energy anyways... Just haven't been in the mood. And today, well that's ANOTHER story entirely...

It's been a long week or so. JCAHO is at the hospital, and if anyone is in the health care field you know how much that puts the fear of the gods in you. They are the people that accredit the hospital, and let you stay open, give you your status etc. It's a pretty scary, nerve wracking time when they visit, because everything has to be PREFECT or you're in trouble. Anyway so EVERYONE in the Hospital is completely NUTS! Everyone is crazy and stressed and neurotic and OY YOY YOY!!!! It's just not a happy week at work....

And of course, I had to have my JCAHO moment today. Not bad as much as embarrassing. But I'm sure the bad/questioning will come to me at SOME point in the week, ESPECIALLY on the Burn Unit. OY! ANYWAY, on to my embarrassing moment.

I went up to the Rehab Unit this afternoon to get a walker for a patient in the ER. (Which did absolutely NO good BTW because the pt was extremely impossible and rude and horrible, just like EVERY patient I had today...) While I was up there I decided to use the ladies room because well, I didn't know where it was in the ER and I didn't want to have to wait until after the eval was done. The bathroom by the nurses station was occupied so I figured I'd use the one in the conference room at the other end of the hallway, as I just didn't want to/couldn't wait.

Well, just my luck, while I'm in the bathroom, JCAHO comes into the conference room with a bunch of head peoples on the rehab unit for a questioning session/meeting. I didn't know what to do, I couldn't just sit there for however long the meeting would take the patient downstairs was waiting for me, but I didn't really want to walk in on the meeting either. So I just bit the bullet and flushed and opened the door, scaring the heck out of the JCAHO people and causing craziness, I was SO EMBARRASSED! They didn't realize the bathroom was there so they were all surprised, and then everyone was laughing at me and I'm tripping over myself trying to get out of the room while apologizing, my boss is there, his boss is there and his boss is there and they're all laughing at me, telling me it's ok, but laughing at the situation... I just couldn't get out of there quietly. It was so bad, I was MORTIFIED! OY!!! Not a great JCAHO moment. Not the kind of moment you want when trying to exemplify professionalism and productivity, and all that. I didn't do anything WRONG, but I was SO EMBARRASSED!

And well, that was just how my day went. As I said initially....OY YOY YOY YOY YOY!!!

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

My iPod works! YAY! I'm so excited! Rob got his puter to wrok so now I have a working iPod with songs! :) WOW! How easy it all is. I can carry a little pink thing instead of a million tapes or CDs. I love technology. I am AMAZED at how much this thing holds! I have what I think is SO MANY songs on it and I've barely used a Gig. And I thougt 6 gig would be too much.... TEE HEE!!!!

And on that happy note I am a tired person, and an early day it is for me manana.